GB2568331B - Improvements in hand tools - Google Patents

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Publication number: GB2568331B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: hand tools; tools; hand
Prior art date: 2017-04-27
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Fee Related

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GB1806184.6A

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GB2568331A (en

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John Thorn James

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Oakthrift Corp Ltd

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Oakthrift Corp Ltd

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2017-04-27

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2018-04-16

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2022-05-04

2018-04-16 Application filed by Oakthrift Corp Ltd filed Critical Oakthrift Corp Ltd

2018-05-30 Publication of GB201806184D0 publication Critical patent/GB201806184D0/en

2019-05-15 Publication of GB2568331A publication Critical patent/GB2568331A/en

2022-05-04 Application granted granted Critical

2022-05-04 Publication of GB2568331B publication Critical patent/GB2568331B/en

Status Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

2038-04-16 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
- A01G3/00—Cutting implements specially adapted for horticultural purposes; Delimbing standing trees
- A01G3/02—Secateurs; Flower or fruit shears
- A01G3/025—Secateurs; Flower or fruit shears having elongated or extended handles
- A01G3/0251—Loppers, i.e. branch cutters with two handles
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
- A01G3/00—Cutting implements specially adapted for horticultural purposes; Delimbing standing trees
- A01G3/02—Secateurs; Flower or fruit shears
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
- A01G3/00—Cutting implements specially adapted for horticultural purposes; Delimbing standing trees
- A01G3/08—Other tools for pruning, branching or delimbing standing trees
- A01G3/083—Manual pruning saws

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GBGB1706675.4A GB201706675D0 (en)	2017-04-27	2017-04-27	Improvements in hand tools

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GB1806184.6A Expired - Fee Related GB2568331B (en)	2017-04-27	2018-04-16	Improvements in hand tools

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EP (1)	EP3403489B1 (en)
GB (2)	GB201706675D0 (en)

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US11277972B2 (en)	2022-03-22
GB201806184D0 (en)	2018-05-30
EP3403489A1 (en)	2018-11-21
US20180310486A1 (en)	2018-11-01
GB2568331A (en)	2019-05-15
EP3403489B1 (en)	2023-01-18

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